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World War Z

Bad Times at the El Royale movie review: bad times indeed

Thu, Oct 11, 2018
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A self-indulgent, faux-woke mashup of noir crime, black comedy, and Tarantino-esque ultraviolence. Some great performances, including a spectacular feature debut from Cynthia Erivo; shame they’re so wasted.

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things wot we learned from the 2013 summer movies

Fri, Aug 30, 2013
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Have you been paying attention to what the movies have been saying — what the movies have really been saying — all summer? Here’s a refresher.

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most popular posts on FlickFilosopher week of Jun 29-Jul 05 2013

Sun, Jul 07, 2013
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“if films were reviewed like video games”

Sun, Jun 30, 2013
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This actually sounds like what some complainers here think my reviews should sound like.

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most popular posts on FlickFilosopher week of Jun 22-28 2013

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a World War Z sequel? maybe if they’d kept the original ending

Sun, Jun 23, 2013
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The original ending, much of which was apparently actually shot, is a lot darker and much closer in tone to the book…

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most popular posts on FlickFilosopher week of Jun 15-21 2013

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World War Z review: mutated Hollywood ebola

Wed, Jun 19, 2013
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Has no guts of any kind: it has absolutely nothing to say, and it takes a long, dull, circuitous route to get to that nothing.

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I love this World War Z poster

Sat, Jun 01, 2013
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I love how it puts you right in the middle of the action, puts you right there with Brad Pitt in the helicopter gazing out over the zombie apocalypse. Brilliant.

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World War Z (trailer)

Mon, Mar 25, 2013
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Wait. Really? Zombies on a plane?

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